Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday March 1st 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Pinnacle : ACME
5 Zither kin : HARP
9 Is profitable : PAYS
13 Like a clown car’s passengers : CRAMMED IN
15 __ palak: dish of potatoes and spinach : ALOO
16 Brilliant artist beset by personal demons, say : TORTURED GENIUS
18 Condition that may be treated with CBT : OCD
19 Hand (out) : DOLE
20 Coding shortcut : MACRO
21 Activities Rudolph was kept from joining : REINDEER GAMES
24 Dudes : GUYS
25 2020 and 2022 WNBA MVP Wilson : AJA
26 Sagan who hosted the original “Cosmos” : CARL
28 Little red Corvette or little deuce coupe : AUTO
30 “The French Dispatch” director Anderson : WES
33 Southern part of the Mariana Trench : CHALLENGER DEEP
37 Certain sib : SIS
38 Engrave : ETCH
39 With competence : ABLY
40 “Don’t __ me started” : GET
41 20s dispensers : ATMS
43 Leafy side : COLLARD GREENS
49 Unsettling, in a way : EERIE
50 Word on Irish coins : EIRE
51 Issa of “The Lovebirds” : RAE
52 Not conforming to traditional male/female norms, and a hint to this puzzle’s circles : GENDER CREATIVE
55 Burn balm : ALOE
56 Prison drama that was Jonathan Demme’s directorial debut : CAGED HEAT
57 Multitude in a pointillist painting : DOTS
58 Copied : APED
59 Norway’s most populous city : OSLO
DOWN
1 Person in a cast : ACTOR
2 Jim who sang “I Got a Name” : CROCE
3 Time to celebrate with one’s krewe mates : MARDI GRAS
4 First responder: Abbr. : EMT
5 First responders, e.g. : HEROES
6 “Easy on Me” singer : ADELE
7 Rodeo contestant : RIDER
8 GIF alternative : PNG
9 Land on an isthmus : PANAMA
10 Painter Neel known for nudes : ALICE
11 “What’s mine is __” : YOURS
12 Meh : SO-SO
14 In need of a doggy bath, maybe : MUDDY
17 Key with four sharps : E MAJOR
22 No longer valid : NULL
23 Garden entrance : GATE
26 Hypo units : CCS
27 Fish at a sushi bar : AHI
28 Anti-apartheid org. : ANC
29 “Gross” : UGH
30 Episodes on YouTube, say : WEB SERIES
31 Fish at a sushi bar : EEL
32 Hidden asset? : SPY
34 Actress-turned-artist Sobieski : LEELEE
35 “__ Jones Sings Lady Day”: 2001 album : ETTA
36 Title for Judi Dench : DAME
40 Moves smoothly : GLIDES
41 “Deal!” : AGREED!
42 Traction aid : TREAD
43 Gnarls Barkley singer-songwriter Green : CEELO
44 ” … unless you’d rather do something else” : OR NOT
45 Summary at the start of a new season, e.g. : RECAP
46 Mournful tune : DIRGE
47 __ blockade : NAVAL
48 Take care of : SEE TO
49 Quaint oath : EGAD
53 TV pioneer : RCA
54 However briefly? : THO
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